Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
This page requires JavaScript
6 AUGUST, 1890. 141
(q) No. 9, Horsley Buildings—
To cleanse wash-house thereat.
(r) Stable adjoining No. 4, Wolsey Street—
To cleanse room above same.
(s) Nos. 2 39, Bow Common Lane; 2, Newcastle Place;
3, 11, Horsley Buildings; 1, 5, 7, Wolsey Street;
and 24, Baker Street—
To repair the roofs thereof.
(t) No. 4, John's Place—
To repair the eaves guttering thereat.
(u) Nos. 44, Brantridge Street; and 5, John's PlaceTo
repair the flooring of such houses.
(v) Nos. 1 and 3, Gray Street—
To repair the plaster thereat.
(w) Nos. 2, Newcastle Place; 5, 7, 15, Wolsey Street;
20, 21 and 28, Perth Street—
To remove cause of dampness to the walls thereof.
And upon owners and occupiers of
(x) Nos. 8 and 12, Greenfield Street—
To discontinue using the underground rooms thereat as
sleeping apartments, and that in the event of noncompliance,
such proceedings be taken as your Clerk
may advise.
(5) That proceedings be taken against the owners of such of
the said houses and premises who fail to carry out the orders
of your Board for performance of sanitary works thereat.
(6) That authority be given to your Sanitary Officers in cases
of necessity to apply to the Magistrate for orders to inspect
premises in the West Ward, where underground rooms are
used as sleeping apartments.
(7) That your Sanitary Inspectors reported that since the last
meeting, the following works had been performed, viz.:
Number of houses inspected 140
Notices served for sanitary works 96
Requests for removal of dust received 27
Complaints received 1
Water supply provided to closets 35
Water supply for domestic purposes separated from
cisterns which supply the closets 4
Drains cleansed 4
Drain flushed 1
Houses disinfected 5
Offensive accumulation removed 1